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DNA Not The Same In Every Cell Of Body
ScienceDaily ^
| july 16, 2009
Posted on 07/19/2009 7:46:56 PM PDT by djf
Research by a group of Montreal scientists calls into question one of the most basic assumptions of human genetics: that when it comes to DNA, every cell in the body is essentially identical to every other cell. Their results appear in the July issue of the journal Human Mutation.
This discovery may undercut the rationale behind numerous large-scale genetic studies conducted over the last 15 years, studies which were supposed to isolate the causes of scores of human diseases.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biology; creation; dna; emptydna; evolution; genetics; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; humanbody; mtdna; science
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...and genetic textbooks all across the country are being torn to shreds now by frustrated students...
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posted on
07/19/2009 7:46:56 PM PDT
by
djf
To: neverdem
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posted on
07/19/2009 7:47:35 PM PDT
by
djf
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To: djf
So would this effect any legal cases?
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posted on
07/19/2009 7:52:26 PM PDT
by
autumnraine
(You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out)
To: djf
To: aposiopetic
I’m wondering if this finding has anything to do with auto-immune diseases...
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posted on
07/19/2009 7:54:30 PM PDT
by
djf
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To: djf
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posted on
07/19/2009 7:56:47 PM PDT
by
GEC
(We're not drilling in ANWR because....)
To: djf
You know all those billions we poured into genetic research? Well, there was just this one little problem with our methodology...
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posted on
07/19/2009 7:57:57 PM PDT
by
TChad
To: djf
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posted on
07/19/2009 8:06:43 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Xin loi minh oi)
To: djf; SunkenCiv
Hmmmmm.
So, we can be related to the Neanderthals?
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posted on
07/19/2009 8:08:02 PM PDT
by
blam
To: djf
OH CRAP
I just got the feeling that genetic research has just been set back about a hundred years. Kinda like when they first discovered the sun doesn’t actually revolve around the earth.
oopsie, start over at the very beginning now...
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posted on
07/19/2009 8:08:24 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: autumnraine
Interesting thought! The DNA in semen would not match the DNA collected in later blood samples!
To: mamelukesabre
That billion dollar project to sequence the human genome? Going to the dust bin?
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I dont’ think i understand this anymore. we are created from a sperm and and egg. There’s only one version of DNA in that first living cell created by fertilization. If blood is that one version, where the heck do the other tissues get their version that isn’t the same as the original version?
It’s not logical.
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posted on
07/19/2009 8:18:33 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: ProtectOurFreedom
This is saying that DNA changes in a person’s body over time.
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posted on
07/19/2009 8:30:01 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The Tree is thirsty and the hogs are hungry.)
To: djf; rednesss; valkyry1
And to think that some FReepers don’t have an issue with having a government database on everybody’s DNA.
Scary.
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posted on
07/19/2009 8:34:25 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: autumnraine
So would this effect any legal cases?
And it probably won't affect them either.
This study may be referring to the fact that DNA is methylated differently in different parts of the body. Some genes are turned on or off depending on their location.
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posted on
07/19/2009 8:36:34 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: GodGunsGuts; Fichori; tpanther; valkyry1; Mr. Silverback; Gordon Greene; Ethan Clive Osgoode; ...
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posted on
07/19/2009 8:36:39 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: djf
Well, this is certainly going to screw up CSI.
I wonder if past convictions will be called into question.
To: djf
Perhaps “The Innocence Project” is meeting with their attorneys to issue a statement such as:
“OOPS!”
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posted on
07/19/2009 8:49:44 PM PDT
by
donna
(Karl Marx: Darwin suits my purpose.)
To: BlessedBeGod
Does this mean OJ is innocent?
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posted on
07/19/2009 8:51:15 PM PDT
by
donna
(Karl Marx: Darwin suits my purpose.)
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